Table 1 Range of variation in measured ambient radiation among the 300 census sites per year and corresponding range of variation among the 57 species of calculated dose rates for adult birds.

From: Radiological dose reconstruction for birds reconciles outcomes of Fukushima with knowledge of dose-effect relationships

Year

Ambient radiation range among sites (μGy/h-1)

Absorbed dose rates among sites and among species (μGy/h-1)

2011

0.55–31

0.28–97

2012

0.21–28

0.24–84

2013

0.18–21

0.21–74

2014

0.16–13

0.19–66

  1. All values are rounded to 2 significant digits.
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